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Three Unusual Blood Tests That Can Detect CKD Earlier Than Standard Markers

Early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is crucial for preventing irreversible kidney damage and cardiovascular complications. While conventional markers like serum creatinine and albumin-creatinine ratio remain important, they often miss early tubular injury and fibrotic processes that signal CKD progression. Three specialised blood tests – Beta-2 Microglobulin (B2M), Retinol Binding Protein (RBP), and Transforming…

Pathology Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease

Pathology testing for chronic kidney disease plays an extremely important role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of kidney disease. The kidneys are responsible for filtering waste, balancing fluids in the body, regulating blood pressure, creating hormones that help to produce red blood cells, and promoting bone health. Pretty important, right? So, it’s essential to…

Important Genetic Markers in Cardiovascular Disease and CKD

Are there important genes that, if you have a family history of heart disease or kidney disease, you should know about? We think so! Below, I cover the five top genes that we think are important to know in the prevention and management of heart and kidney disease. From decades in clinical practice, we see…

Genetics, Methylation, Renal Disease & The Kidneys

Have you noticed how complex our lives have become over the last 20 years? Everything is go, go, go. We live fast, eat fast foods, expose ourselves to electromagnetic radiation each and every day, our vaccine schedules have tripled and then some, much of our soils are depleted of important minerals… and now we have…

What is TMAO? & what does it have to do with the Kidneys?

Today I wanted to discuss a lesser-known compound that has been linked to the development and progression of kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among other health conditions and that compound is called TMAO. What is TMAO? https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/11/326 TMAO (or Trimethylamine-N-oxide) is a metabolite produced by gut bacteria from choline, phosphatidylcholine and L-carnitine-rich foods (mainly…

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Blood Test – ALP & its Significance in CKD

ALP is one of those blood tests people don’t pay a huge amount of attention to and often don’t understand what it is measuring. It is often just looked at as a marker of liver function, but it can provide a lot more information about your health than that and for people with CKD it…

Heavy Metal Toxicity and Kidney Disease

Invisible, odourless, and virtually undetectable to us, heavy metals are increasingly being recognised for their damaging effects on our health. Some people are surprised to find out that we are all exposed to heavy metals every day. Heavy metals are naturally present in the earth and used in many modern-day applications such as agriculture, medicine…

Cholesterol & Why Size Matters!

Cholesterol has a bad reputation due to it mostly being known for its role in heart disease, but cholesterol is actually vital to our health and well-being and we would not be alive without it. There is a lot more to cholesterol levels than meets the eye, and high cholesterol does not automatically increase your…

Breathing For Kidney Health

You might have heard of the Wim Hof Method, but have you ever thought about how the Wim Hof technique can benefit people with kidney disease? Never fear because I’m going to bring you up to speed on what the Wim Hof Method involves, the sort of physical and mental health benefits you can expect…

The Importance Of An Alkaline Diet for Kidney Disease

When you have kidney disease, maintaining an optimal pH balance is one of the most important things you can do to improve your kidney health, so today I want to talk about what this means and dispel a common misconception about the best supplements to use to help alkalise the body. The Acid: Alkaline Balance…